I like the idea of one award that encompasses all those things Wendy lists.
The name of the award doesn't have to competely define it. It could be "The Innovation Award" and then you could use a paragraph such as "this award is to celebrate those who have made radical innovations in online comics in 2009, such as new concepts in art, writing, reader engagement and uses of the medium"

I like the idea of one award that encompasses all those things Wendy lists.
The name of the award doesn't have to competely define it. It could be "The Innovation Award" and then you could use a paragraph such as "this award is to celebrate those who have made radical innovations in online comics in 2009, such as new concepts in art, writing, reader engagement and uses of the medium"

I think this award would be good idea, but it should be not only aimed towards innovative concepts, but also towards non-traditional media (photocomics, 3D, ...)._________________

I like the "Innovation" idea as a category. I'm not sure that Photocomics or 3D comics are inherently innovative, though. Which is not to say a Photocomic or 3D comic couldn't be innovative, but I don't think this can be the catch-all category for them._________________

3D art and photocomics are more a practical or artistic choice than an innovation; maybe five or ten years ago such things could be called innovative, but not any more. I imagined the innovation award (or whatever it ends up being called) would be more about doing things in a new way, whether that's the comic layout, use of dialogue, site design or interactivity, etc.

Generally, I'm pretty much on the fence with this award, though. I'm not entirely sure we'd get that many nominations for it, but I still like the idea of it._________________"S*P*Q*R"

Might that be a better way to put it? That way it would go to someone that's doing something game changing in webcomics?

Example Nominees could be people like Midtoon that has a choose your own adventure plot device. Or Tweetics, who crafts comics from individual twitter messages he receives. Or people doing neat things with still photos and comic effects like was talked about previous in this thread._________________http://twitter/straightfacing